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I posted that as a comment / question earlier. Why is transmitting high quality video from at / near space so difficult when we've been doing live satellite bro
by rexreed 5y ago
I posted that as a comment / question earlier. Why is transmitting high quality video from at / near space so difficult when we've been doing live satellite broadcasts at broadcast TV quality for decades? The current responses are non-sequitir as they don't explain the seeming contrast.
- bellyfullofbac 5y agoDo you mean like you can later today watch the Euro Soccer finals in HD? Hmm, that footage will be beamed into space by a giant dish, to a stationery (or at least easily trackable) target that weighs several tonnes and large solar panels, and they can beam the stuff down with a lot of power. Meanwhile the Virgin spaceship is a glider...
- rexreed 5y agoIs tracking the Virgin spaceship really that much more difficult? The size of VSS Unity is about the same as or larger than many communications satellites, and the craft has enough power, since it doesn't need to operate autonomously for years. Is this really the edge of our ability to innovate here? We can send people to space but we can't reliably get good quality audio and video? Meanwhile Starlink promises 300mbps down and 30mbps up [0] with dinky low powered consumer-grade dishes beamed to satellites a quarter the size [1] of Virgin Galactic ... [0] https://www.teslarati.com/starlink-2x-speed-update-elon-musk/ https://www.teslarati.com/starlink-2x-speed-update-elon-musk... [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/g9aot6/what_are_the_dimensions_for_each_satellite/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/g9aot6/what_are_t... Size of Intelsat for reference: https://www.teslarati.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/MicroGEO-scale-Astranis.png https://www.teslarati.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/MicroGE... Is externally mounted antennae the primary issue? Perhaps.